play of fancy
Example Sentences
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He had a rich play of fancy, but none of the soaring imagination of Shelley or Byron.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
Grotesque is all very well, but it should show a light, delicate play of fancy; and things comic are very amusing when they are not vulgar.
From Household Organization by Caddy, Florence
"You mean, if we don't have any more play of fancy imaginations, and thunderings of overwrought editors, sir!"
From Sunlight Patch by Harris, Credo Fitch
There were plenty of men dancing without masks, which was rather a pity, as their dull, ordinary faces halted abruptly the play of fancy.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
In the Chambers he spoke with ease and animation, if not with eloquence, and often indulged in an attractive play of fancy.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by Cole, John William
